Supporting Small and Medium Entreprises to Adapt to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Name: Supporting Small and Medium Entreprises to Adapt to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
Start: 2022-03-30
End: 2022-03-30

30 March 2022

Overview

Agenda

When: 30 March 2022

Hour: 9:30 to 11:00 (GMT-5 Panama)

Language: English and Spanish

Learn more  here.

The need for solutions addressing and adapting to climate change is critical for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The region increasingly faces challenges posed by the physical impacts of climate change, such as drought, flooding, landslide. All sectors of the society must adapt, and UNEP is continuously supporting both governments and private sector in this transition. Two opportunities are currently opened for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs).

The ASAP Acelerator, funded by the SCCF-GEF, Conservation international and IADB and run by The Lightsmith Group and Village Capital, is focused on supporting startups and small and medium-sized enterprises that are scaling market-based and contextualized solutions to critical climate adaptation and resilience challenges.

The Global EbA Fund, run by UNEP and IUCN, provides rapid and targeted support through seed capital for innovative approaches to ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to climate change. The Fund supports initiatives to help diverse actors overcome identified barriers to upscaling EbA by prioritizing filling in planning, knowledge, and resource gaps. GEBAF encourages applications from non-traditional actors with innovative and impactful EbA initiatives for funding.

Streaming on YouTube.

Applications (until April 8th)  can be found here.

Grants will be in the range of USD 50,000 to USD 250,000.

Panelists

Sumalee Khosla, Climate change finance expert, UNEP.

Brian Parham, Fellow and ASAP Program Manager for The Lightsmith

Norah Cherotich Ngeny, Associate programme management officer, UNEP.

Angela Prias, Moderator. Global Adaptation Network, UNEP

Piedad Martin, UNEP Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean: Opening words

Angela Prias: Knowing the audience: Mentimeter questions, Presentation of the agenda and speakers.

Sumalee Khlosla, UNEP (TBC): Quick overview on adaptation to climate change and the engagement of the private sector.

Brian Praham, Fellow and ASAP Program Manager for the Lightsmith Group: Presentation on the ASAP accelerator initiative.

Norah Cheortich, Global Adaptation Network, UNEP: Presentation on the Global Ecosystems-based Adaptation Fund (GEBAF).

All - Led by Angela Prias: Q & A with questions from the YouTube audience.

Angela Prias, UNEP: Closure - Mentimeter: perceptions of the audience and actions to be taken, Key takeaways.